Human Rights Watch"The Oscars unveiled its shortlist of 15 documentary features this week. We were thrilled that the Human Rights Watch Film Festival featured three of those films this year. They share a strong cinematic and storytelling vision, a remarkable level of access to their subjects, and tackle important rights issues, from police violence against African Americans in the United States, to drug cartels in Mexico, to the repercussions of genocide in Indonesia."
- 3½ Minutes Ten Bullets” is an emotionally charged film about the shooting death of teenager Jordan Davis in Florida. In 2012, four unarmed African American teenagers stopped at a gas station, a middle-aged white man parked beside them, and an altercation began over the volume of rap music playing in the teens’ car.
- Cartel Land” takes viewers to places few would venture while weaving a complex and often astounding story from multiple angles. It is a harrowing look at the journeys of two modern-day vigilante groups and their shared enemy, the murderous Mexican drug cartels.
- The Look of Silence follows an Indonesian optometrist named Adi who confronts the men who killed his brother five decades earlier and, while testing their eyesight, asks them to accept responsibility for their actions.
